4. #ATTACK Firemen were attacked while fighting house fires in Limerick on Wednesday night. A group of youths threw rocks at firefighters, and two workers were injured, while the windscreen of a fire engine was broken by a large rock. Limerick City Council’s chief fire officer said the attack was “shocking and disgraceful”.

5. #CONFLICT Eamon Gilmore has called for an end to violence in southern Israel and Gaza, saying that “the risks from an escalation of violence on either side are all too apparent”. Earlier today, Israel agreed to suspend its offensive in the Gaza Strip while Egyptian Prime Minister Hiham Qandil visited Gaza.

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